DEAR BISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS 
OF OUR SISTER CHURCHES ALL OVER THE WORLD 

We are writing to you once again (as we did in the autumn of 1996) to announce the   exposition of the Shroud which will be celebrated by the Church of Turin, as the Pope wishes, 
from 12th August to 22nd  October of the year 2,000. 
The exposition will have an even more “universal” nature than last year’s as  it will be, in its own right, part of the Great Jubilee of all the Church. In the particular climate of the Jubilee, the pilgrimage to the Shroud will be  proposed as a powerful experience of repentance and conversion, according to the teachings of the  “Tertio millennio adveniente” and  the Bull  “Incarnationis Mysterium”. 
In keeping with the Jubilee, the great “signs” of the pilgrimage and  of the passage through the door will be there, which in Turin Cathedral will be the passage before the  Shroud which bears witness to the suffering of Jesus crucified. 
We are sending  this letter very early on  to the Pastors of all the diocese in the world, and to the local pilgrimage organisations, so as to  provide the best possible conditions for the Shroud to be a true Church event.  And the Church of Turin wishes to give you  a brotherly welcome, something more than an ordinary tour.  The diocese committee is  therefore preparing a  services network to welcome  pilgrimages organised by diocese, parishes, religious communities, and associations accompanying the sick and disabled.  These services cover both the booking of the visit to the Shroud and the organisation of board and lodging and transport to Turin for those who request it. 
We invite you to contact  our  reception services in the months to come 
at the General Secretariat for the Exposition: 
via XX Settembre 87, 10122 Turin (Italy) 
tel + 39.011.5215960  -  fax + 39.011.5215992 
e-mail: sindone@torino.chiesacattolica.it 
We also remind you that the official Internet site offers information about the Shroud, the exposition and scientific and iconographic research: 

http://sindone.torino.chiesacattolica.it 

 We look  forward to meeting you in Turin, and we send you our best wishes for a very happy Easter, 

Yours faithfully, 

     Diocese committee Exposition of the Shroud 

DEAR DIRECTORS OF  THE  “DIOCESE PILGRIMAGE OFFICE”, 
“DIOCESE OFFICE OF TOURISM”
OF THE SISTER CHURCHES OF EUROPE 

We are writing to you once  again (as we did in the autumn of 1996) to announce the   exposition of the Shroud which will be celebrated by the Church of Turin, as the Pope wishes, 

from 12th August to 22nd  October of the year 2,000. 

 The exposition will have an even more “universal” nature than last year’s as  it will be, in its own right, part of the Great Jubilee of all the Church. In the particular climate of the Jubilee, the pilgrimage to the Shroud will be  proposed as a powerful experience of repentance and conversion, according to the teachings of the  “Tertio millennio adveniente” and  the Bull  “Incarnationis Mysterium”. 

  In keeping with the Jubilee, the great “signs” of the pilgrimage and  of the passage through the door will be there, which in Turin Cathedral will be the  passage before  the  Shroud which bears witness to the suffering of Jesus crucified. 

 We are sending  this letter very early on  to the Pastors of all the diocese in the world, and to the local pilgrimage organisations, so as to  provide the best possible conditions for the Shroud to be a true Church event.  And the Church of Turin wishes to give you  a brotherly welcome, something more than an ordinary tour.  The diocese committee is  therefore preparing a  services network to welcome  pilgrimages organised by diocese, parishes, religious communities, and associations accompanying the sick and disabled.  These services cover both the booking of the visit to the Shroud and the organisation of board and lodging and transport to Turin for those who request it. You will find some further organisational details and useful addresses in the leaflet here enclosed. 

We look forward to meeting you in Turin to celebrate this great Jubilee event together and we send you our best wishes for a very happy Easter, 
 
 

    Diocese committee Exposition of the Holy Shroud